The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-02-18
NEWS FROM CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

House bills on the calendar we're passed,
among them the following:
To amend the act Of Feb. &c, 1885, to prohibit
the importation and immigration of foreigners
and aliens under contract to perform labor; to
amend section 5 Of the act of June 10. 1880, IN
relation to immediate transportation Of dutiablt
goods.
Mr.. Hawley moved to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of the bill to encourage the manu-
facture of steel for modern army ordnance
armor and other army purposes, and to pro-
vide heavy ordnance adapted to modern
army warfare. He said:
He had given notice several days ago that he
would make this motion. He was pushed fcr-
ward to it by the committee on coast defenses,
the committee on military affairs, and the gen
eral sentiment Of the senate, be believed, and OF
the country, he anew.
The motion was agreed to-yeas 80, nays
Gland the bill was taken up. Several
amendments reported by the committee on
coast defenses were agreed to, and after an
explanation on some points OF the bill, it
was passed without division.
HOUSE.
Under the call Of states a large number of
bills were introduced and referred, Mr.
Springer moved to suspend the rules and
pass the senate bill with an amendment In
the nature of a substitute supplemental to
the Bowman act. referring private claims to
the court Of claims. He explained:
The bill merely provided that all private
claim bills or petitions for the payment of
private claims presented to congress shall be
referred to the court Of claims for d Judicial
asCertainment Of the facts and for report OF
those facts to congress.
The motion was lOst-76 to 75-not the
necessary two-thirds in the affirmative. Mr..
Bayne moved to suspend the rules and pass
the senate bill fixing the salaries of the
Judges Of the United States district courts at
IS, 900. Lost-yeas 144, nays 1O9-not the
necessary twO-thirds. On motion of Mr.. Pc
tiers, The rules were suspended, and the bill
was passed granting the right of way through
the Indian Territory to the Chicago, Kansas
& Nebraska Railway company.
The speaker laid before the house a
message from the president returning with
out his approval, q bill granting a Fcl.ciOn
to Cuthbert Stone. In his message the
president states:
The army records show that the CLAIM AIT
spent most Of his term Of enlistment in de3el-
ton or Imprisonment for desertiOn Thus =
exhibited the long and faithful service and high
character of the claimant, mentioned by the
as emitting him TO consideration. l
withhold my assent from the bill because, If the
facts before me are true, the allowance Of this
claim would be traVesty on our whole scheme Of
pensions, and an insnlt to every decent veteran
soldier.
The president also sent in messages veto
ing bills granting pensions to Franklin
Sweet, Jesse Campbell, r. K. Bennett, Cath
crime Sarler and James r. Baylor, on the
ground, principally, that their claims are
still pending in the pension bureau.
SENATE.
Dolph, from the committee on commerce., re-
ported a bill to create a port Of entrance at
Port Angeles, in the district Of Puget Sound,
Washington Territory. Mr.. Morrill, intro
duced a Joint resolution for the preservation
of official documents and other historical
documents on file in the legations and con-
sulateS of the United States requiring the
papers on any subjects that have been
finally determined TO be sent to the state
department for filing and preservatiOn). He
asked that it lie on the table. The following
house bills on the calendar passed:
To prevent any officer, agent or servant Of the
government contracting or hiring out the labor
Of prisoners; TO amend the statutes in relation
to the immediate transportation Of dutiabl
goods.
The senate bill for securing statistics OF
the exteut and value OF the vessel fisheries
of the United States was passed The house
bill relating to the importing and landing Of
mackerel during the spawning season was
taken up. During the discussion Mr.. Ed
munds presented a report from the commits
sion of fisheries as to the complaints from
owners of vessels of i'll treatment on the
! Canadian coast. On motion of MIR. Hoar an
amendment was adopted postponiIg the pc
Rod when the bill is to take effect from
March l, 1887, 70 March /, 1885. Without
disposing of the bill the senate adjourned.
PROGRESS IN H HOUSE.
Mr.. Cox IN. W from the committee on
civil service reform, reported a bill fixing the
salaries OF the civil service commissioners at
So, 900 per annum. A. senate bill was passed
granting certain seal rocks to the city Of
San Francisco in trust for the United States
Mr.. James, from the committee on coinage,
weights and measures, reported q bill for the
issue of subsidiary silver coin. The bill re-
lating TO the compensation Of United States
! attorneys, marshals and commissioners was
discussed without action. Ut abolishes the
fee system and substitutes the salary system
of Compensation The house went into
| committee of the whole on the senate bill to
indemnify certain subjects of the Chinese
empire for loss sustained by the violence of
a mob at Rock Springs, Wyo., on Sept 2,
1885. Mr.. Belmont GWelt uron the neces-
sity of the United States government grant
ing indemnity to the losses inflicted, and
commended the action OF the Chinese au
thoriIies since his occurrence. Mr.. Morrow
inquired whether IL was the purpose of the
committee. in case this bill was passed, to
call up to-day the bill restricting Chinese
immigration. Mr.. Belmont replied in the
negative.
The Chinese government did not desire to EN-
balrass the relations between the two nations by
a continuance Of Immigration, and fhere was a
disposition to modify the treaty so as to bring
about results very much more effective than
could be secured by legislation With this as
sur&nce the committee did not intend TO bring
mp the matter to-day.
The respective merits of the senate bill
.sh!ch p-o=tdSS fo= the a55eTtainment of the
losses incurred, and the house bill which
makes a direct appropriation of $l47, 74S,
were discussed. The house bill was substi-
tufed for the senate bill-101 TO 68-and
passed. The senate bill prohibiting the i'm
portation OF opium into the United States by
any subject of the emperor Of China passed.
The bill Co carry into effect the inJernational
convention Of March A, 1884, for the protec-